Walter Brehmer

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Walter Brehmer (born June 28, 1894 in Nordhausen , † September 19, 1967 in Hamburg ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Brehmer joined the Prussian Army in 1913 as a flag junior . After the First World War he was accepted into the Reichswehr and subsequently had changing positions as an officer.

When war broke out in 1939 he commanded a cavalry regiment of the Wehrmacht . After his promotion to major general in 1943, he was posted to Paris as deputy commander of the 325th Security Division . During this time, Brehmer was commissioned to carry out actions against the Resistance in southwest France (see section Action Brehmer ). Towards the end of April 1944, the units subordinate to him were ordered back to Paris. On July 20, 1944 , parts of the 325th Security Division were involved in arresting members of the SS , SD and Gestapo in Paris . Brehmer was not part of the resistance against Hitler , but was then transferred to the Führer Reserve . On April 15, 1945 he was appointed the last commandant of Greater Berlin and on May 4, 1945 he was captured by the Red Army . In 1955 he returned from captivity. From 1960 investigations into war crimes of the " Division Brehmer " were started. Brehmer died in Hamburg in 1967. The investigation ended in 1977.

Brehmer campaign

In the run-up to the Allied landings in Normandy , resistance activity increased across France. Brehmer was entrusted with the management of an ad hoc association composed of divisional strengths (Division Bremer) in the Dordogne and Corrèze regions to support the locally stationed police forces in the hunt for Jews in hiding, resistance fighters and those who objected to the STO . In the course of the action, the village of Rouffignac was almost completely destroyed on March 31, 1944 . Elsewhere, civilians have been executed without trial or deported to labor camps.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guy Penaud: Les crimes de la Division "Brehmer". Éditions la Lauze, Périgueux 2004, ISBN 2-912032-65-2 .
  2. ^ Ahlrich Meyer : The German occupation in France 1940–1944: Combating the resistance and persecution of the Jews. Pp. 135-148, WBG Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 978-3534149667 .
personal data
SURNAME Brehmer, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1967
Place of death Hamburg